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…in the wake of growing post-COVID-19 demand. Attabotics automated fulfillment system condenses a typical warehouse by creating a single, vertical storage structure. Inside the structure, robotic shuttles known as Attabots move in three-dimensional space to pick goods that are presented to workers at the workstation on the outside perimeter. Attabotics adds that its solution approach can reduce warehouse space needs…
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…experienced growing demand during the Covid-19 pandemic. As for the future pace of installs, IFR stated that rising energy prices, intermediate product prices and scarcity of electronic components are challenging all branches of the global economy. But order books are full and demand for industrial robots has never been higher. In total, global robot installations are expected to grow by…
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…on-demand shopping resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are requiring retail and eCommerce companies to greatly step up their throughput, with experts predicting the eCommerce market to increase from $3.3 trillion to $5.3 trillion by 2026. • Free returns are growing to be table stakes — nearly three-quarters (72%) of executives believe they would lose customers if they didn’t offer free…
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…the robot. However, due to COVID-19, in-person celebrations have been canceled for the last milestones–900th systems sold–making this in-person celebration of 1,000 robots even better, the company explained. The 1,000th system will be sent to a customer in North Carolina, Cherry Farms Seed Co., with a unique crest on the arm to denote it as the 1,000th robot. The system…
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…Meanwhile in this age of Covid, customers have become more fickle about what they buy and where. However, that hasn’t dampened their insistence on having it now. And automation is so much better than people at speeding up processes, especially as artificial intelligence and machine learning make automation smarter the more inventory it handles. At the same time, people have…
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…what e-commerce looked like before Covid. Quite different, actually. Modular is important because it allows the easiest path to adapting to dynamic conditions. Robust is important because it accommodates the first four requirements on the list. Requires little to no teaching is important because this is the future, which, to a great extent, is already here. Suppliers generally agree that…
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical disputes, raw materials shortages and trade issues that have rocked global economies and supply chains, a majority of U.S.-based companies are planning to relocate production closer to home, according to a new survey from automation and robotics provider ABB. Surveying 1,610 executives in the U.S. and Europe, ABB found that 70% of U.S.…
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…which was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America. 2022 respondent demographics Peerless Research Group’s (PRG) e-mail survey questionnaire was sent to readers of Logistics Management and Modern Materials Handling in December 2021, yielding 114 qualified respondents. The respondents were from sites whose primary activity is corporate headquarters (32%), warehouse/distribution (26%), manufacturing (25%), and warehousing supporting manufacturing (13%). The…
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…what e-commerce looked like before Covid. Quite different, actually. Modular is important because it allows the easiest path to adapting to dynamic conditions. Robust is important because it accommodates the first four requirements on the list. Requires little to no teaching is important because this is the future, which, to a great extent, is already here. Suppliers generally agree that…
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…announced that they were both COVID-positive and the NBA postponed the season. That weekend, nearly every business in the little town in New Hampshire where I live shut down. It’s been a long two years. Yesterday, Sunday, I walked the show floor to say hello to old friends and get a sense of what to expect at Modex 2022. The…
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…announced that they were both COVID-positive and the NBA postponed the season. That weekend, nearly every business in the little town in New Hampshire where I live shut down. It’s been a long two years. Yesterday, Sunday, I walked the show floor to say hello to old friends and get a sense of what to expect at Modex 2022. The…
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…which was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America. How is the present state of the economy affecting your spending on materials handling equipment, technologies services and solutions? On what? Source: Peerless Media Group (PRG) 2022 respondent demographics Peerless Research Group’s (PRG) e-mail survey questionnaire was sent to readers of Logistics Management and Modern Materials Handling in December 2021,…
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…3PL. The impact of the Covid-19 on labor availability has been—and continues to be—significant, to say the least. The examples are plentiful, of course, and that common bond is apparent, even across such a fragmented marketplace as ours. Is there one which is more fragmented? I honestly cannot think of one that is, but I bet some healthcare and financial…
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…trend that was already underway pre-COVID due to a persistent labor shortage and the need to minimize redundant tasks in the fulfillment environment, automation rose to the top of all logistics managers’ wish lists in 2020. As organizations continue to emerge from this crisis and reset their operations for the “new normal,” more of them are looking to robotics as…
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…pointed to various things, including COVID-19-related economic impact, capacity shortages, and trade tensions—as drivers that have “roiled supply chains” and helped to spur on a shift to visibility solutions geared towards helping supply chain stakeholders proactively manage operations and ensure the timely delivery of shipments. What’s more, they added that this alliance is focused on helping to meet the surge…
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